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Leading integrated drug discovery partner, Sygnature Discovery (“Sygnature”) has announced its acquisition of one of North America’s largest discovery Contract Research Organisations, Canada-based NuChem Sciences. This acquisition cements Sygnature as one of the world’s largest players in integrated drug discovery phase solutions and advances their vision to become the global market leader. The transaction creates a significant competitive advantage for Sygnature as it expands its global footprint and business operations to leverage discovery expertise in the North American market. Together,…
Check out a round up of news, updates and highlights from ValiRx this month, including their attendance at ON Helix 2023: ValiRx News Roundup - August 2023 "ValiRx and Inaphaea teams attend On Helix On 6 July, ValiRx CEO Dr Suzy Dilly, Corporate Development Manager Mark Treharne, and Inaphaea's Head of Strategic Development, Dr Andrew Carnegie attended On Helix in Cambridge. The conference, which has become a staple in the life sciences events calendar, addresses the key trends in bio innovation, from developments in life science and technology research to their…
  Metrion is now a member of the UK GLP (Good Laboratory Practice) Compliance Monitoring Programme New service with GLP certification further strengthens Metrion’s support for small molecule therapeutics development  Cambridge, UK, 01 August 2023: Metrion Biosciences Limited (“Metrion”), the specialist ion channel contract research and drug discovery company, today announced it has received notification from the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) that the Company is now a member of the UK GLP (Good Laboratory Practice) Compliance Monitoring Programme,…
 AMSBIO announce a new range of pre-made Nano-Lantern lentivirus products that utilize a proprietary lentiviral vector system to enable highly sensitive and precise in vivo luminescence imaging. This cutting-edge Nano-Lantern lentivirus technology, which consists of an enhanced Renilla-Luciferase connected to an Orange Fluorescent protein (OFP), represents a significant improvement over previous methods and is poised to revolutionize many in vivo imaging applications. Fluorescent markers and bioluminescence are widely used techniques for in vivo imaging in living cells. While…
Patients could benefit from bespoke cancer-fighting treatments with fewer side effects thanks to a new partnership between a biotech company and a UK university. The University of Leicester has joined forces with Cambridge-based Isogenica to develop new immunotherapies – a process where the patient’s immune system is helped to fight cancer – which will be tested on a ‘virtual patient’. The virtual patient will be created in the laboratory, by taking samples of a patient’s own tumour cells and immune system, and will then be presented with a range of new immunotherapies developed by the…
 Alexion, AstraZeneca’s rare disease subsidiary, is acquiring a portfolio of preclinical gene therapy programs from Pfizer. The deal will bring a number of novel adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsids to Alexion and help build on AstraZeneca’s capabilities in genomic medicine. Under the agreement, Alexion will purchase and license the assets of Pfizer’s early-stage rare disease gene therapy portfolio for a total of up to $1 billion, plus tiered royalties on sales. Alexion plans to close the transaction in Q3 2023. Marc Dunoyer, CEO, Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease, said, “Today’s…
 Progressive plans for the next phase of Manchester Science Park’s masterplan development have today been approved by Manchester City Council. The scheme will see Bruntwood SciTech, a 50:50 joint venture between Bruntwood and Legal & General, deliver a £60m redevelopment of the Park’s existing Greenheys building, bringing forward 131,000 sq ft of highly specialist world-class lab space. The redevelopment by the UK’s leading property provider dedicated to the growth of the science and technology sector forms the third phase of Bruntwood SciTech’s…
Cambridge, United Kingdom, 26th July 2023 / Domainex Ltd., a leading, integrated medicines research services partner and recent recipient of the King’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade, announces the purchase of its third, multi-channel Malvern Panalytical WAVEdelta system, powered by Creoptix technology. Simultaneously, Domainex announces the expansion of its biophysical suite of technologies through the purchase of a Malvern Panalytical PEAQ-ITC instrument with MicroCal technology. The addition of a third WAVEdelta system to the Domainex portfolio provides the company with…
San Diego, CA - BioMed Realty, a leading provider of real estate solutions to the life science and technology industries, announced that Charlie Piscitello has joined the company as Chief People Officer. In this role, Mr. Piscitello will lead the Company’s human resource related functions, including talent management, culture, and diversity, equity, and inclusion, reporting to Tim Schoen, CEO of BioMed Realty, and will be based in BioMed Realty’s San Diego headquarters. “We are thrilled to welcome Charlie to BioMed Realty, where he will lead our continued success in talent recruitment,…
 INDIANAPOLIS, July 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced results of two phase 3 tirzepatide studies in adults with obesity or overweight with weight-related comorbidities, excluding type 2 diabetes. SURMOUNT-3 and SURMOUNT-4 met all primary and key secondary objectives for tirzepatide compared to placebo. Across SURMOUNT-3 and SURMOUNT-4, participants on tirzepatide following intensive lifestyle intervention or with continued tirzepatide treatment, achieved up to 26.6% mean weight loss, for the efficacy estimandi. The overall safety…